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" I always hated the Grateful Dead. Never even bought a Led Zeppelin album. "
Denis Leary
Grateful
Dead
Hated
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" Most of the women placed in the fire department here in New York never passed the physical test. And a fat guy or a short guy, or anybody not passing the test in a life-or-death job, leads to friction. "
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Fire
Job
Fat
" I'm really good at laundry, and I have no problem cleaning the kitchen. "
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Really
Problem
" In addition to my cousin, there were 30 or 40 guys I grew up with who became firefighters as well. So, I've been around firefighters all my life. "
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My Life
Up
" Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter. "
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" I'm born and raised in the Northeast. My parents are Irish immigrants. So our tendency is to shy away from the big yellow ball that comes up in the sky every once in a while. "
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Born
Sky
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" Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea, or in the middle of the rehearsal or the scene they'll let it loose and you go, 'Ah that's great.' "
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Great
Good
Character
" Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland. "
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Ireland
Off
Helped
" I'm still pretty self-centered, greedy and angry. "
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Greedy
Self-Centered
Angry
" I love America. "
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America
I Love
Love
" The biggest battle for a lot of people who come out of the theater, which is where I was trained, is that they can never forget that a camera is pointed at them. "
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Camera
Never Forget
People
" I really, really like 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of the few things that makes me laugh. It's almost too funny to get an award. "
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Funny
Down
Award
" George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live. "
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Great
Life
Best
" I did 12 years with nuns, you know. So I came out of it going, like, 'I think Jesus is all right.' The rest of it I think stinks to the high heavens. "
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Rest
Know
High
" Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list. "
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Son
Born
You
" Once you have a firefighter in your family, your family and the families from his crew become one big extended family. "
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Become
Big
Crew
" It says on the back of the Nyquil box, 'May cause drowsiness.' It should say, 'Don't make any plans, OK? Kiss your family and friends good-bye.' "
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Say
Plans
Kiss
" I love Santa Monica and Venice because I like the beach. I have a lot of friends in that area. "
Denis Leary
Friends
Like
Lot
" I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. "
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Authority
Problems
Pretty
" Bill Murray doesn't do anything. He barely shows up at the movies he says he's going to do. "
Denis Leary
Barely
Anything
Going
" I've been nominated for Emmys and Golden Globes, but I've never won one and I probably never will. "
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Will
Been
Emmys
" My nieces and my nephews think the only thing that I do is 'Ice Age.' That's fine with me because pretty soon they'll grow up enough to realize that I suck or that my time has passed, whichever it might be. "
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Enough
Think
Time
" I went to see the 'Spider-Man' movies because my wife is a fan, and so are my kids. "
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Fan
See
Kids
" My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in. "
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Hockey
Game
Great
" My kids watch everything downloaded; they have no idea what the numbers or the names of the channels mean, except, 'FX makes the show that I see on my computer.' So it's harder to get a show on the air, but at the same time, there are a lot of terrific shows. "
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Air
See
Watch
" I don't want to see a 'Sopranos' movie. This is just me. I like to think the end is where it was on TV as opposed to becoming a movie. "
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See
Think
End
" I think all priests should be married. "
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Should
Married
Priests
" I really like 'Batman.' Not the TV show, but the dark 'Batman.' "
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Show
TV
TV Show
" The best thing about series TV is that everyone you work with is hand-picked, as compared to working on a film. "
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Working
Film
Everyone
" Anybody who's done standup will tell you that there's nothing like it. The show starts at 8:00, the curtain goes up and there's nobody else except you and the audience, and you just perform for them for two hours. Nobody yells, 'Cut!' There are no retakes. That is still the most exciting medium for me, and I love it. "
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Done
You
Love
" I've always had a thing for Catwoman. Michelle Pfeiffer or Halle Berry in tight leather pants, with the boots - I'm pretty good with either one. "
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Leather
Always
Good